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Bringing girls and women into STEM?: Girls’ technological activities and conceptions when participating in an all-girl technology camp
Bringing more girls and women into science, technology, engineering and mathematics, STEM, is often highlighted as an aim in education and industry....
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Towards Emancipatory Dialogues on Girls’ Positionality in Schools: Uniforms and Careers Fit for the Future of Japanese Women?
This chapter explores the construction of female gender enacted in Japanese schools, as linked to the philosophy of the “good wife and wise mother”....
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Pragmatic, Persistent, and Precarious: The Pathways of Three Minority Ethnic Women in STEM Higher Education
Minority ethnic women are underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) higher education. Whilst existing studies,...
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A Case of Girls Building Robots or Robots Building the Girls?
Despite the profound concerns around gender disparity, and the best efforts of organisations to address the lack of diversity in the computing...
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A Systematic Review Using Feminist Perspectives on the Factors Affecting Girls’ Participation in STEM Subjects
Although women are increasing in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), men still dominate these fields at the highest levels....
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Yes We Can: Promoting Gender Equality from University to Primary Education Teaching through the Design of Knowledge Models
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are important issues that still need to be addressed, despite some progress in recent years. The United...
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Barriers to the Full Participation of Girls in Robotics: A Case Study of a South African Community of Practice
The lack of participation of girls in programming robotics is well documented in the international literature on the subject. The Inspired Towards...
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Making “it” matter: develo** African-American girls and young women’s mathematics and science identities through informal STEM learning
This article describes a summer enrichment science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) camp for African-American girls and young women...
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Multicultural Science Education and Science Identity Development of African American Girls
This chapter will consider the importance of multicultural science education through the lens of identity. Frameworks of identity and scientific...
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Analysis of barriers, supports and gender gap in the choice of STEM studies in secondary education
Society is more digitised than ever and there is an urgent need to train people in these sectors, where women are still under-represented. A...
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Black girls matter: A critical analysis of educational spaces and call for community-based programs
This forum paper dialogues with Crystal Morton and Demetrice Smith-Mutegi’s Making “it” matter: Develo** African American girls and young women’s...
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Toward a History of Mathematics Education for Young Women: 1890–1920
The main aim of this paper is to provide a historical review of female mathematics education in the United States during the Progressive Era, from...
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Indigenous Women in Higher Education in STEM: A Case Study in Oaxaca
In the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, there is a significant gap in access to higher education and this gap increases when it comes to access to STEM...
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Egalitarian gender role attitudes give girls the edge: Exploring the role of students’ gender role attitudes in reading and math
Gender differences in reading and math have been reported for many years. Girls outperform boys in reading (representing a school domain stereotyped...
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When boys and girls make their first career decisions: Exploring the role of gender and field in high school major choice
Although choosing a high school major is often adolescents’ first significant career decision, little is known about the factors that enable...
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Gender Gap in STEM Pathways: The Role of Gender-Segregated Schooling in Mathematics and Science Performance
According to the World Economic Forum, the occupational gender gap with men dominating well-remunerated STEM careers is a key factor in the gender...
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Negotiated, Given and Self-Made Paths: Immigrant Origin Girls and Post-compulsory Educational Transition in Finland
Although Finland still has a relatively low proportion of students with a migrant background, it has not been able to ensure that immigrants and...
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“I Could Feel a Kind of Keen Air of Excitement”: Using IVR to Foster Girls’ Confidence, Interest, and Engagement in STEAM
In this paper, we explore the potential and affordances of immersive virtual reality (IVR) for creating an engaging learning environment to bolster...
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Gendered Occupational Aspirations: A Comparison of Young Native-Born and Turkish Minority Women
Declining birth rates, an ageing population and the goal to remain globally competitive and prosperous puts pressure on the German labour market and...
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Gender Gap in STEM Education
Despite gender differences in education are closing, and women even outperform boys academically on average, girls are less likely than boys to...